H.C. Dupree: Birther nonsense continues

Friday

Sep 30, 2011 at 3:31 PM

The hysterical and inaccurate letter written by Matt Coleman on 9/27/11 begs for a mature and intelligent response. That is the easy part! A more perplexing issue is one of why any newspaper would print such venom!

Coleman is a "birther" who holds on to the racially motivated nonsense that the president never produced a valid birth certificate! He also puts his spin on the U.S. Constitution by insisting that it proves President Obama isn’t legal! He argues that Article II, Section I, Clause 5 only allows for natural born individuals to serve as president. President Obama’s father was not a citizen; thus President Obama is not naturally born and cannot serve as president! He adds, “…both of Obama’s parents had to be U.S. citizens…”

Now this is what the constitution really says about such matters: (Article II, Section I, Paragraph 6) “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;…”

And who is a citizen of the U.S.? Well the 14th Amendment tells us about them: (Amendment XIV, Section I) “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

There it is Matt Coleman! President Obama was born in Hawaii, he is a U.S. citizen and thus eligible to be president! H.C. Dupree, Gainesville,

Never miss a story

Choose the plan that's right for you.
Digital access or digital and print delivery.